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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Staffordshire Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,132 approved · 882 refused · 364 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Feb 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
9 Brindley Close Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 8HH
Received 22 Feb 2022McDonalds Acton Court Acton Gate Staffordshire ST18 9AP
Received 22 Feb 202225A Penn Road Gospel End Staffordshire DY3 4AG
Received 22 Feb 2022Land At Keepers Lane Codsall Staffordshire
Received 22 Feb 2022Former Enville Sawmill Hall Drive Enville Staffordshire DY7 5HB
Received 22 Feb 202229 Churchfield Close Coven Staffordshire WV9 5DG
Received 21 Feb 2022The Winners Park Lane Lapley Staffordshire ST19 9JT
Received 21 Feb 2022The Grange Top Road Acton Trussell Staffordshire ST17 0RQ
Received 22 Feb 202232 Rennison Drive Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9HW
Received 23 Feb 2022Formerly The Davy Lamp Wardles Lane Great Wyrley Staffordshire WS6 6DY
Received 23 Feb 2022Mile Flat House Mile Flat Greensforge Staffordshire DY6 0AU
Received 23 Feb 2022The Farm Shop Wrottesley Park Road Perton Staffordshire WV8 2HS
Received 23 Feb 202210 Greenacre Drive Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2JA
Received 23 Feb 20221 The Foxalls Chillington Lane Codsall Wood Staffordshire WV8 1QF
Received 23 Feb 2022Kildonan Maypole Street Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9JB
Received 24 Feb 2022Wheaton Aston Old Hall Watling Street Ivetsey Bank Staffordshire ST19 9QT
Received 24 Feb 202268 Meddins Lane Kinver Staffordshire DY7 6BY
Received 24 Feb 2022The Hideaway Hawthorne Lane Codsall Staffordshire WV8 2DA
Received 18 Feb 2022Land On North West Side Stafford Road Penkridge Staffordshire
Received 25 Feb 2022Land On North West Side Stafford Road Penkridge Staffordshire
Received 25 Feb 20222 The Crescent 20A Low Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7DS
Received 25 Feb 2022Culvert Beneath Railway Adjacent To Bridge Avenue And Myrtle Glade Great Wyrley Staffordshire
Received 25 Feb 202215 Ayrton Close Perton Staffordshire WV6 7PE
Received 27 Feb 2022Wombourne Cricket Tennis And Bowling Club Church Road Wombourne Staffordshire WV5 9EZ
Received 21 Feb 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Staffordshire Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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